Ionenaustausch-chromatographische Untersuchungen über die freien Aminosäuren und deren Derivate in Drosophila melanogaster

Abstract

By using the automatic amino acid analyzer (model 120 B, Beckman) the free ninhydrin-positive components in the methanol extracts of Drosophila melanogaster were fractionated. Compared to the conventional paper partition chromatography the great advantage of this technique is the distinct separation of such amino acids like leucine, isoleucine, phenylalanine, valine, methionine, γ-amino-butyric acid as well as the basic components ornithine, lysine, histidine and arginine. Furthermore, the occurrence of phosphoserine, tyrosine phosphate, ethanolamine, phosphoethanolamine and glycerophosphoethanolamine was identified. The metabolic significance of these substances is discussed.